The Magician's Elephant
Peter's quest to locate his long-lost sister leads him to a fortune teller in the market square. His sole question: is his sister still alive? The fortune teller's cryptic answer sends him to find a mysterious elephant and the magician who can conjure it, launching Peter on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will transform his town forever.
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Wendy Rogers
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A young orphan "Peter" has been brought up by a disciplinarian former-soldier, but longs to find his long-lost sister from whom he was parted at the height of war. Out for the daily shopping (stale bread and fish), he espies a tent in which a fortune teller offers to tell his future. It seems that he might be reconciled with his sibling - but for that he has to follow the elephant, and there hasn't been one in his town for an age. Meantime, a rather hapless magician is trying to entertain the great and the good in the town's theatre when - low and behold - he conjures up... The king arrives in the town to inspect this magically contrived and noisy pachyderm and decrees that if "Peter" can carry out three impossible tasks, he can keep it! The three impossible tasks are quite entertaining, as is the whole film. The story is all a little predictable and it does stray into sentimentality just a bit too often, but it's an engaging family drama with some fun characters and colourful scenarios. Maybe a bit too wordy and probably fifteen minutes too long - it takes an age to get going - it is still a gently entertaining watch that imbues the lead character with some imagination and legerdemain and one that I quite enjoyed on a big screen.
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Wendy Rogers is the director of The Magician's Elephant.
The cast of The Magician's Elephant includes John DiMaggio as Human Cannonball (voice), Tom Kenny as Various Characters (voice), Noah Jupe as Peter (voice), Benedict Wong as Magician (voice), Stephen Kearin as Various Characters (voice), Phil LaMarr as Fish Monger / Minister of Justice / Old Jailor / Sentry (voice), Aasif Mandvi as The King (voice), Dawn French as Sister Marie (voice), Miranda Richardson as Madam LaVaughn (voice), Mandy Patinkin as Vilna Lutz (voice), Sian Clifford as Gloria Matienne (voice), Katy Cavanagh as Various Characters (voice), and more.
The duration of The Magician's Elephant is 1h 39 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Magician's Elephant trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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The Magician's Elephant was released on 10 Mar 2023.
The Magician's Elephant is listed under Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, and Comedy on Fanbiz.
The Magician's Elephant has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "A young orphan "Peter" has been brought up by a disciplinarian former-soldier, but longs to find his long-lost sister from whom he was parted at the height of war. Out for the d..."
